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Escape competition through authenticity

Escape competition through authenticity

When you’re competing with people it’s because you’re copying them. It’s because you’re trying to do the same thing. But every human is different. Don’t copy.

No one can compete with you on being you. It’s that simple. And so the more authentic you are to who you are, and what you love to do, the less competition you’re gonna have. 

And normally that would have been useless advice pre-internet. Post-internet you can turn that into a career.

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